Virgil, Volume 10Sheed & Ward, 1946 - 162 pages |
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Page 57
... Augustus ? The most natural view , and one that has the advantage of harmonising with the deliberate vagueness and alternation of personalities so typical of the Bucolics , would be that this child too is a composite personality . To ...
... Augustus ? The most natural view , and one that has the advantage of harmonising with the deliberate vagueness and alternation of personalities so typical of the Bucolics , would be that this child too is a composite personality . To ...
Page 100
... Augustus leaves this exalted position to Aeneas , and only appears himself for a brief instant among the unborn shades of the Elysian fields . It seems clear , then , that Augustus ' bidding did not weigh heavily on Virgil as he set ...
... Augustus leaves this exalted position to Aeneas , and only appears himself for a brief instant among the unborn shades of the Elysian fields . It seems clear , then , that Augustus ' bidding did not weigh heavily on Virgil as he set ...
Page 158
... Augustus is to be seen on a lofty prow with twin flames in his helm , and his ancestral comet , the Iulium sidus , flashing above his head . Else- where Agrippa , his admiral , leads the fleet's manoeuvres . Fronting them are Antony ...
... Augustus is to be seen on a lofty prow with twin flames in his helm , and his ancestral comet , the Iulium sidus , flashing above his head . Else- where Agrippa , his admiral , leads the fleet's manoeuvres . Fronting them are Antony ...
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